Female sportscasters at local cable TV sports channels such as KBS N Sports, a subsidiary of state-run KBS, are very popular among baseball fans not only because of their professionalism, but also due to the feminine qualities they bring to the job.

If North Korea is going to reform and open up, its political system should also be ready for reform and openness, but I think it appears that they are not prepared yet, Kim Sung Hwan told KBS Television .

An untraded real-estate investment trust managed by Newport Beach, Calif., - based KBS has agreed to pay about $115 million in cash for the National City Tower in Louisville, Ky., according to a person familiar with the deal.

Over the summer, KBS REIT II acquired a trophy office building at 300 North LaSalle in Chicago for about $655 million, or about $500 a square foot, the most ever paid for a Chicago office building on a square-foot basis, according to Real Capital.